4 Kutigabatisa nekutiphakamisa sono, loku luphawu lwalababi.
“Sibane salomubi sicinyiwe, lilangabi lemlilo wakhe alisavutsi.
Kukhanya kwasekhaya lakhe sekubumnyama; sibane lesiseceleni kwakhe siyacisha.
Lomubi uyatigabatisa, akanaki lutfo, emicabangweni yakhe yonkhe, utsi: “Kute Nkulunkulu.”
Lowo lohleba makhelwane wakhe emasitseleni mine ngiyawumcitsa. Lowo lonemehlo lachoshile nenhlitiyo letigcabhako angihambisani naye.
Simakadze, inhlitiyo yami ayitigabatisi, nemehlo ami akaphakanyiswa ngumgcabho. Angitilibatisi ngetintfo letibonakala titinkhulu kimi nome letisimangaliso kakhulu kimi.
Imihlatjelo lenikelwa ngulababi isinengiso kuSimakadze; kodvwa imithandazo yebantfu labetsembekile iyamjabulisa.
Imihlatjelo lenikelwa bantfu lababi isinengiso, ikakhulu nayinikelwe ngetinjongo letimbi.
ngobe umuntfu lomubi akanalo likusasa lelihle. Bumnyama bodvwa lobummele.
Labanye bayatigcabha, bahlala ngekuchukuluta labanye bantfu.
Tisitfupha tintfo letenyanywa nguSimakadze, empeleni letisikhombisa uphambene nato kakhulu:
Ngemehlo latichenyako, nelulwimi lolucala emanga, nembulali walote licala,
Kwesaba Simakadze kukutondza lokubi. Ngiyakutondza kutigcabha, neluchuku, nekutiphatsa dlephu, nebumbulu.
Simakadze nase acedzile yonkhe imisebenti yakhe lemelene nentsaba iSiyoni neJerusalema, uyakutsi: “Ngiyakuyijezisa inkhosi yase-Asiriya ngenca yeligcabho layo langemabomu lelisenhlitiyweni yayo nangenca yekutiphakamisa kwayo lokusemehlweni ayo.
Emehlo ebantfu labatikhukhumetako ayawutfotjiswa, kutsi kutigcabha kwebantfu kwehliswe; Simakadze yena yedvwa uyawuphakanyiswa ngalelo langa.
Kutiphakamisa kwebantfu kuyakwehliselwa phansi, nekutigcabha kwebantfu kutfotjiswe; Simakadze yena yedvwa uyawuphakanyiswa ngalelo langa,
Simakadze utsi: “Bafati baseSiyoni bayatigcabha; bahamba belule tintsamo, bacwashacwashata ngemehlo abo, nabahambako, bashayela etulu, emacakaleni abo kukhehleta imihlobiso labayigabile.
Liso lakho lisibane semtimba wakho. Nangabe liso lakho likhanya, nemtimba wakho wonkhe unekukhanya; kodvwa nangabe liso lakho lingaboni kahle, nemtimba wakho wonkhe ubasebumnyameni.
Jesu watsi: “Nginitjela kutsi lendvodza lengumtselisi yabuyela ekhaya seyemukelwe nguNkulunkulu kutsi ilungile kunalona lomunye, ngobe phela wonkhe umuntfu lotiphakamisako, uyawutfotjiswa, wonkhe lotitfobako, uyawuphakanyiswa.”
Kodvwa lowo lonekungabata ngalakudlako, sewulahliwe, ngobe ukwenta ngekungakholwa; phela konkhe lokungesiko kwekukholwa, kusono.
Nani-ke, labasha, batfobeleni babonisi. Nonkhe yembatsani kutfobeka, nitfobelane, ngobe: “Nkulunkulu umelana nalabatigcabhako, kodvwa labatfobekile ubapha umusa.”